Fair enough. While I have a little voice that stops me any time I try and use the word to say "Why are you using this? What are the implications? What does it say about your attitudes to mental illness?" But I think the goal is the same.
(I also wanted to mention that I am in fact diagnosed with mental illness, but not one where "crazy" is usually applied. And talking about my own experience would be hijacking this so I hope (once the marking is done) to write something about it in my own space.)
*nods* I hope I wasn't erasing your experience by assuming you weren't, but asking felt like it would create a weird dynamic. I think these sorts of things are particularly nuanced with disability, which make's it tricky working out where one stands. While a lot of the same things apply, the experience of having cfs is very different to being blind is very different to being mentally ill and so on, and within that you have different diagnoses and level of severity etc. I mean I don't directly experience ablist language myself afaict (I guess I limp sometimes, but not enough that I take "lame" personally)
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(I also wanted to mention that I am in fact diagnosed with mental illness, but not one where "crazy" is usually applied. And talking about my own experience would be hijacking this so I hope (once the marking is done) to write something about it in my own space.)
*nods* I hope I wasn't erasing your experience by assuming you weren't, but asking felt like it would create a weird dynamic. I think these sorts of things are particularly nuanced with disability, which make's it tricky working out where one stands. While a lot of the same things apply, the experience of having cfs is very different to being blind is very different to being mentally ill and so on, and within that you have different diagnoses and level of severity etc. I mean I don't directly experience ablist language myself afaict (I guess I limp sometimes, but not enough that I take "lame" personally)